When I Look In Your Eyes Diana Krall Verve, 1999 Buy it online Tracks 1: Let's Face the Music and Dance 2: Devil May Care 3: Let's Fall in Love 4: When I Look in Your Eyes 5: Popsicle Toes 6: I've Got You Under My Skin 7: I Can't Give You Anything but Love 8: I'll String Along With You 9: East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) 10: Pick Yourself Up 11: The Best Thing for Your 12: Do it Again   Reviewed by Monica Stark	No one in the last three decades would have imagined a diva like Diana Krall. No one in the post-Joplin era could have imagined a superstar songstress with this outline or this pedigree. From the pillowy-soft voice, the pleasantly musty material and the freshly scrubbed visage. Imagine the antithesis of fellow-Canadian Alanis Morisette and you sort of begin to get a picture. Krall is blonde and wholesome enough to pass for a country singer in most company. Though any visions of horses and cowboys are banished when she starts to sing. Suddenly we're closer to slinkily clad torch singers perched elegantly on the back of a grand piano. Though, in truth, Krall is more likely to be doing the ivory tickling herself, as this particular torch singer is also an accomplished jazz pianist. Over the last half year or so, Krall has made a big enough splash to arguably be called the first lady of jazz. Certainly the current bestselling lady of jazz, and not without reason. Performing 12 (13 if you count the bonus track, the David Foster-produced "Why Should I Care,") classics mostly written in the dark ages by the likes of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, Krall's When I Look in Your Eyes has brought an impossible amount of attention to a musical genre a lot of the people buying this album probably hadn't thought about for a while. Or maybe ever. When you look at the total package of the phenomenon that is Diana Krall, the secrets of her success are fairly clear. First of all, When I Look in Your Eyes is entirely tight. Backed by the Diana Krall Trio/Quartet of Russell Malone on guitar, John Clayton on bass, Lewis Nash or Jeff Hamilton on drums and Larry Bunker on vibes. Krall accompanies herself on piano on all but the orchestra-backed title track, Leslie Bricusse's "When I Look in Your Eyes." Krall's choice of material is perfect, as well. Though at first take, doing covers of ancient standards seems like an odd course to the top, Krall brings it off with aplomb. From her breezy and happy take on "Popsicle Toes," -- a song I never thought I'd actually enjoy -- to her lush and moody rendition of "I'll String Along With You," Krall creates an album that evokes elegant nightclub images from a time we all seem suddenly bent on remembering. If the music is faultless, the album's visuals are a bit... well... weird. The fold out cover package-plus-liner-notes contain no fewer than 12 -- count 'em -- different images of Krall in various happy and wholesome poses. The result reads more like a model's portfolio than a jazz album. Krall in evening wear, smiling at the sky. Krall looking winsome in a pink top. Krall looking thoughtful peering out an open door, her hand on a piano, Krall at the beach, Krall... well, you get the idea. Sure, she's attractive, but is that really the point? Krall is a mature and accomplished musician. Seeing her marketed like a prepackaged pop idol is at least a little offensive. Especially since the balance of the included material is quite sketchy: no lyrics, for one. Sketchy credit to the orchestra, for another. Also, since the songs Krall has chosen to cover on this album range across a fairly broad swath of time, it would have been interesting to have seen copyright dates included with the songwriter credits. Obviously, liner notes and album packaging do not an album make or break. When I Look in Your Eyes would be noteworthy in an unmarked jewel case. With one photo in the album or 20, Krall is making her mark on the jazz scene she is helping to revitalize. | March 2000 Monica Stark is a Vancouver-based freelance writer and editor.	Krall's choice of material is perfect, as well. Though at first take, doing covers of ancient standards seems like an odd course to the top, Krall brings it off with aplomb. From her breezy and happy take on "Popsicle Toes," to her lush and moody rendition of "I'll String Along With You," Krall creates an album that evokes elegant nightclub images from a time we all seem suddenly bent on remembering.